by Liane Davey | Feb 23, 2025 | Communication, Emotions, Team Dysfunction, Team Effectiveness, Toxic Workplaces
Do you have a colleague with a low EQ? They lack the emotional intelligence that supports self-awareness, self-regulation, empathy, and good social skills. It can be perplexing, draining, and exasperating having to pick up the slack in the relationship. So, what can...
by Liane Davey | Feb 2, 2025 | Emotions, Team Effectiveness
Can I be candid with you? I sometimes roll my eyes at the term “emotional intelligence.” Sure, I believe there are traits, skills, and behaviors that contribute to people’s ability to interact effectively, but can one term encapsulate everything from self-awareness to...
by Liane Davey | Jan 26, 2024 | Team Effectiveness, Video Library
Is your team stuck in a place where the effectiveness isn’t where you’d like it to be, or maybe you’re getting a lot of things done, but it just feels harder than it should? I’d like to share an exercise I use with teams to help them reset and get a...
by Liane Davey | Jan 19, 2024 | Team Effectiveness, Video Library
If you’re looking at your team and finding that either, you’re not achieving enough, or that you are achieving things, but it hurts way more than it should, then it sounds like it’s time to work on team effectiveness. The first category of things...
by Liane Davey | Jan 7, 2024 | About teams, Team Alignment, Team Effectiveness
If you want a high-performing team, everyone must be aligned. But often, I find that teams make a cursory effort to get on the same page and then run off in opposite directions. Our client once described his team’s level of alignment as “PowerPoint Alignment.” He said...
by Liane Davey | Jan 5, 2024 | Team Effectiveness, Video Library
One of the more infuriating pieces of feedback that people receive is, “You’re not a team player.” That’s actually not feedback; that’s judgment. We are judged and evaluated in ways that are so squishy, slippery, and unhelpful....
